'Abdu'l-Bahá's Face became very serious, His Voice loud as
He answered in these words:
“The first thing to do is to acquire a thirst for Spirituality, then Live the Life! Live the Life! Live the Life! The way to acquire this thirst is to meditate upon the future life. Study the Holy Words, read your Bible, read the Holy Books, especially study the Holy Utterances of Bahá'u'lláh; Prayer and Meditation, take much time for these two. Then will you know this Great Thirst, and then only can you begin to Live the Life!"
- ‘Abdu'l-Baha (Utterances of 'Abdu'l-Baha, reported by Anise Rideout, Star of the West,
vol. 19, no. 3, June, 1928)